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J. F. BOWDITGH.

PAOKAGE: APPLIOATI'ON FILED MAR.19. 1910.

'Patented Jan. 17, 1911.

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JOHN F.

BOWDITCH, 013 BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

PACKAGE.

Sgeeification of Letters Patent.

Patented'Jan. 1'7 1911.

Application filed March 19, 1910. Serial No. 550,445.

To all whom it may concern: Be it-known that 1, JOHN F. Boworron,

of Boston, in the county of Suffolk and State of ltlassachusetts. haveinvented certain new and. useful liiipi'oveiiieiits in Packages, ofwhich the following is a specification.

This invention relates to means for pack- 1 aging powdered or granularmaterial in such form that it can be conveniently discharged in limitedquantities. and preferably so that the-material may be scattered as itis used.

The object of the invention is to provide a l cheap and convenientholder for the powder or granular material so that the holde and itscontents may be sold as a package ready for the contents to be graduallyused up, after which the holder may be discarded.

To these ends the invention consists in a holder or packagesubstantially as hereinafter described and claimed. I

In the accompanying drawings-Figure 1 is a perspective view of a holderconstructed according to my invention. F 2 repre sents a longitudinalsection through the holder and powder or granular material containedtherein. Fig. 3 is av perspective view of one of the slides orpartitions.

Similar reference characters indicate the through the opening same. orsimilar parts in all of the figures.

.\n elongated container 10 which is preferably in the form of a tube,has a'permanentl closed end 11. and a series of slits 12 atsubstantially equal distances from each other. These slits are usuallytoo narrow to permit of the escape of the material in the container 10even if the partitions hereinafter referred to are removed.

Extending transverse of the container are slides or partitions 13,preferably having tabs 1+ to enable the partitions to be withdrawn andreinserted if desired. The other end of the container is provided with acap .15 which when removed, enables the container to be tilled. Near theend which is provided with the cap 15. there is a side opening l 3 whichis normally closed by a sleeve 17. said sleeve having an opening 18which. when the sleeve is rotated so that the openings to and 18 arepartially or wholly registered. will enable the granular material to besifted out. Preferably the sleeve 17 is held in its longitudinalposition between a collar 19 and a cap 15, it being understood that thecap 15 is permanently secured in place after the container has beenfilled.

All of the members may be made of paste poses the sleeve 17 may tionshown in thedrawings, and then either punching holes in the cap 15 orentirely removingit, will enable the contents to be sifted out.

In filling the container, the material such as a carpet sweepingcompound or comminuted wax for waxing floors. or bluing, is tilled in tothe level of the lowest slit 12 and then a slide or partition '13 isputin. After this the filling proceeds to the next slit and anotherpartition is put'in ,placeand so on until the entire cap 15 put on. 1

Since the partitions are of paste board the tabs 1 1 may be folded downand covered by the advertising label which is usually employed for suchgoods. But in this case the paper which covers the t bs should be ofsuch material as to enable it to bel readily broken to enable the userto lift up the tabs of the partitions to enable the latter to be pulledout. 1

,Vhen the material is to' be usechthe upper compartment is opened ineither manner described and the material sifted out '2'. 6., all of thematerial which is above the upperpartition can be so sifted out. Thiswill lt 'ii a definite and known quantity. No excess quantity of thematerial willescape from the container. \Vhen it is desired that more ofthe material shall be used. the upper slide or partition can be whollyor entirely removed. \Vhen all of the slits are occupied by parti tionsthelatter can be removed successively, 2'. e., after the material aboveeach partition has been used,. access to the contents of the nextcompartment can be had by simply removingthe top partition which stillremains above the material in the container.

If desired, only one or two partitions need be used. flftlaa granularmaterial is tofb coarse to'escape through the slits 12, or if the labelwrapping extends entirely over the slits, the package can be used withonly one partition, in which case such partition is not discarded afterit is first withdrawn.

Supposing there is but one slide or parboard. For some purbe left in thepositition 13 and that it first occupies the uppermost position provided,for by the series of slits. WVhen the contents of the container abovesaid partition shall have been sifted out and the container turned thento an tube is fillo'danld the" or parts of the device upright position,the said partition can be inserted in the next to the top slit andutilized as a barrier to prevent the escape of more than the desiredquantity of the material when the container is again inverted forsifting. Repetitions of this operation will result in the gradual use ofthe material, in measured, quantities.

As has. been stated, the device as a whole is of material so cheap thatit can be entirely discarded after it has been emptied -with0ut furtherwaste or loss than when any ordinary paste'board box is thrown away.

It is to be understood that I do limit myself to the use of the holderfor powdered or granular material. Obviously the compartone Eid, aremovable partition occupying one ofthe' slits {and extending entirelyacross the container coacting with said closed Jena, toform'a'comp'artment to hold granu- ';la}, material-when the holder isinverted,

and means whereby the contents of said compartment can be sifted out.

2. A packaging holder constructed to be completely filled and to retainits contents during transportation, said holder comprising an elongatedcontainer closed at one end and having a movable closure at the otherend, said container having a series of slits in its wall, and aremovable partition dividing the holder into compartments and adapted tobe inserted through either slit whereby it may be transferred from oneposition to another relatively to the ends of the container, saidpartition coacting with the movablev closure to form a compartment tohold and retain a definite quantity of materialregardless of theposition of the holder.

3. A holder comprising an elongated container having a series of slitsin its wall, a series of removable and independent parti tionstransverse to the container and dividing it into compartments, portionsof the partitions projecting through said slits whereby they may beremoved in succession, said holder being filled with material in all itscompartments, and means whereby the contents of one end compartment maybe sifted out.

In testimony whereof I have affixed my signature, in presence of twowitnesses.

. JOHN F. BOWDITCH. Witnesses:

O. F. Brown,

P. W. PEZZET'II.

